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what they're trying to do is figure out ways to defer or retain some of the obama care taxes. they'll have more money to play with to increase funding for opiod addiction treatment and also for medicaid, which is a big concern for people in states like ohio, west virginia and alaska. >> let's assume the senate manages to pass the bill. what's the reaction likely to be in the house? will they take it or what? >> that's a very tough decision for the house. i think if you start to get a senate bill that retains some of the obama care tax increases, it becomes much more difficult for the house to take the senate bill and send it to the president for signature. he wants to get this off his plate and get the tax reform, that would be a hard decision for if they pass the original version of the senate bill, i think the house within days would have passed it, put it on president trump's desk. much dicier now. >> how long do you think they will let this debate go on, and do you think they come up with a bill? >> well iing, the source famili with mcconnell's thinking says no later than
what they're trying to do is figure out ways to defer or retain some of the obama care taxes. they'll have more money to play with to increase funding for opiod addiction treatment and also for medicaid, which is a big concern for people in states like ohio, west virginia and alaska. >> let's assume the senate manages to pass the bill. what's the reaction likely to be in the house? will they take it or what? >> that's a very tough decision for the house. i think if you start to get...
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number two, obama wants $1.6 trillion, eleanor, in new tax, the g.o.p. says $800 billion. number three, obama wants spending cuts deferred. g.o.p. wants specific cuts agreed to now. number four, g.o.p. wants wide entitlement cuts. obama says no. i will give you another one. number five, obama wants new stimulus money, the g.o.p. says no. >> okay, which one, what do you want me to address? >> i want to know whether those are all resolvable before the new year? >> yes, this re resolvable. on the debt limit, it was a republican idea when president bush was in the power to raise the debt limit, which is to pay bills that have already been accrued, and that the congress could override it. the congress could object. and mitch mcconnell put that bill forward on the floor this week, thinking he was going to embarrass democratic leader reed, and reed said let's go ahead and vote. it and so then mcconnell filibustered his own bill because he got afraid the democrats had the votes for it. so that's the kind of maneuvering that is going on. childish. >> yes, childish. very childish. f
number two, obama wants $1.6 trillion, eleanor, in new tax, the g.o.p. says $800 billion. number three, obama wants spending cuts deferred. g.o.p. wants specific cuts agreed to now. number four, g.o.p. wants wide entitlement cuts. obama says no. i will give you another one. number five, obama wants new stimulus money, the g.o.p. says no. >> okay, which one, what do you want me to address? >> i want to know whether those are all resolvable before the new year? >> yes, this re...
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says bipartisan cooperation like ringing in the new year by counting down to a midnight vote to raise taxes. by the time the fiscal cliff drama drew its only temporary conclusion this week, speaker boehner was pledging not to negotiate with president obama, president obama was promising not to negotiate over the debt limit, and vice president biden seemed like the only one left in a good mood. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living. extraordinary challenges demand extraordinary leadership. so if you've come here to see your name in the lights or to pass off a political victory as some accomplishment, you've come to the wrong place. the door is right behind you. >> i think most of our members, and we are never unanimous, but we do have consensus, most of our members know that for the president to have leverage on the next hurdles that we face that we had to get over this hurdle. gwen: the president signed the budget bills after resuming his holiday vacation in hawaii and before congress today officially certified the electoral college vote that will return him to the white ho
says bipartisan cooperation like ringing in the new year by counting down to a midnight vote to raise taxes. by the time the fiscal cliff drama drew its only temporary conclusion this week, speaker boehner was pledging not to negotiate with president obama, president obama was promising not to negotiate over the debt limit, and vice president biden seemed like the only one left in a good mood. >> public service was never meant to be an easy living. extraordinary challenges demand...
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>> obama spent his whole life in tax supported institutions. he knows nothing -- >> does biden have any executive experience in. >> no, and obama experience is from -- his friends. he has been in universities -- [overlapping speakers] he's got no private sector experience! >> claim to fame of romney is executive experience in the area of business. >> and government! >> and government! and its current state. >> obama has terrible relations with the congress. he can't know how to deal with these people to establish relationships. >> he can't talk in economic terms? >> no. there was a story front page story in the new york times. help hadn't had a meeting with mitch mcconnell the first 18 months of offers. >> the have truth is there aren't many mention of congress who do have very much experience in the economic sector and financial sector. >> and romney does. >> this might be just what the country needs! we never had a ceo as p >>> issue three, coy colin. >> not just a matter of whether you support obama or romney. it's who they have with them. >
>> obama spent his whole life in tax supported institutions. he knows nothing -- >> does biden have any executive experience in. >> no, and obama experience is from -- his friends. he has been in universities -- [overlapping speakers] he's got no private sector experience! >> claim to fame of romney is executive experience in the area of business. >> and government! >> and government! and its current state. >> obama has terrible relations with the...
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the difference -- i'm not optimistic about tax reform, but the difference is that tax reform is a sliding scale. you can move the numbers to get more votes. you could not do that with obama care. it was a black and white issue. and so there's a lot of places for negotiation and if ryan and mcconnell can't come up with the votes, that is the signal to get something done on the rhone, to bring the rates really low, the president says we will change the numbers and i will talk to my friend chuck. >> are we seeing a new coalition on capitol hill? mainstream democrats and republicans not having the freedom caucus and the fringes dictate where everything goes? nancy: they would like that. they are eager to work together on issues like health care and tax reform. paul ryan reiterated they are going strictly in the republican direction when it comes to tax reform. they are not going to work on a bipartisan deal. his definition is i think some democrats might like our plan. that's it. they experienced a failure on that front when they tried to go that way with health care. they think they can get
the difference -- i'm not optimistic about tax reform, but the difference is that tax reform is a sliding scale. you can move the numbers to get more votes. you could not do that with obama care. it was a black and white issue. and so there's a lot of places for negotiation and if ryan and mcconnell can't come up with the votes, that is the signal to get something done on the rhone, to bring the rates really low, the president says we will change the numbers and i will talk to my friend chuck....
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every week they are going to put out new bills on repealing obama-care, spending cuts, tax cuts or tax issues, and they are going to force the democrats in the senate to either skull it or kill it or if it does make it to obama's desk, he's going to kill it. very effectively they will turn the tables and make the democrats the party of no. >> democrats will become the party of no. are you with us on this? >> nancy pelosi, even though she's come back, she's won, got her mandate from her caucus, she's going to be a weaker leader this time around. she's an impressive fundraiser, she's been a powerful speaker. but it's going to be difficult for her to corral her caucus the way she has before when lawmakers are openly challenging her. i think it's difficult for president obama, because how is he going to compromise and show he's making a midterm course correction when he has the same faces still there? >> i'm not sure, for this reason. look, these budget cuts mean the tea party people and everybody in the country voted for them, no doubt about it, but you start going after social security a
every week they are going to put out new bills on repealing obama-care, spending cuts, tax cuts or tax issues, and they are going to force the democrats in the senate to either skull it or kill it or if it does make it to obama's desk, he's going to kill it. very effectively they will turn the tables and make the democrats the party of no. >> democrats will become the party of no. are you with us on this? >> nancy pelosi, even though she's come back, she's won, got her mandate from...
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healthcare industry doesn't seem to like the bill but the business community seems to like it as a tax cut. kelly: part of how you can look at the two bills, the obama era healthcare and what the republicans are talking about -- the republicans are talking about trying to have entitlements but also trying to drive people to private insurance, also a core republican view. part of what the democrats were trying to do was expand coverage so it did create a much larger pool to try to drive down costs. we've seen that, didn't quite play out. so what republicans need to do and it will be difficult, is to try to support an insurance market that has taken hit after hit after hit. it's not clear how they will bolster, when we've seen different insurers leave market places -- but they're trying to find a way to drive people toward private insurance and incentivize that and not to incentivize an expansion of government-backed insurance. part of that is they're looking down the corner and around when perhaps democrats are back in power and it could not be far from single payer so deep philosophica
healthcare industry doesn't seem to like the bill but the business community seems to like it as a tax cut. kelly: part of how you can look at the two bills, the obama era healthcare and what the republicans are talking about -- the republicans are talking about trying to have entitlements but also trying to drive people to private insurance, also a core republican view. part of what the democrats were trying to do was expand coverage so it did create a much larger pool to try to drive down...
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boehner had agreed to $800 billion in new tax revenue, obama to entitlement cuts. >> when we walked into that room, it was clear that we had an agreement, that there was $800 billion dollars in revenues, more than that in reductions and reforms on the spending side. and there, in effect, was an agreement. >> when the president came out, he said, "i want this done,' and everybody scurried to move into action. >> he looked at us and he said, "get this deal done." and... there we went. >> that gang of six presentation of senators today... >> narrator: but then, two days later, up on capitol hill, a surprise from the senate. >> members of the gang of six, which were three republicans, three democratic... >> narrator: for months, a group of senators called the "gang of six" had been meeting to come up with their own solution for the debt crisis. few at the white house had taken them seriously. >> it became almost a joke at morning meetings when gene sperling would report what was going on with the gang of six. >> narrator: but now the gang of six claimed they had produced their own bipartisan
boehner had agreed to $800 billion in new tax revenue, obama to entitlement cuts. >> when we walked into that room, it was clear that we had an agreement, that there was $800 billion dollars in revenues, more than that in reductions and reforms on the spending side. and there, in effect, was an agreement. >> when the president came out, he said, "i want this done,' and everybody scurried to move into action. >> he looked at us and he said, "get this deal done."...
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and they're unhappy with president obama both about the policy, the substance of the tax proposal that he cut with the republicans, and they're unhappy about the process. they felt that they were cut out and some of them are very resentful. i think the level of animosity between his normal allies in the house, democratic caucus, is quite high. gwen: let's talk about the policy and the process. i want to ask you about the policy. give us the bare bones of what the deal was that the white house cut? >> the bare bones, the core of this is the extension of the bush era tax breaks for all taxpayers for two years. the republicans want it permanent for everyone, including the rich. the democrats wanted it just on income below $250,000 roughly for couples filing jointly. in return for that, in return for the president agreeing to extend the top rate for two years, he got actually more than most people expected. he got a full year's worth of unemployment insurance for the long term unemployed, up to 99 weeks in the hardest hit states. he got expansions of several tax credits that were in the st
and they're unhappy with president obama both about the policy, the substance of the tax proposal that he cut with the republicans, and they're unhappy about the process. they felt that they were cut out and some of them are very resentful. i think the level of animosity between his normal allies in the house, democratic caucus, is quite high. gwen: let's talk about the policy and the process. i want to ask you about the policy. give us the bare bones of what the deal was that the white house...
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and that's why my pick is barack obama's giving up on the tax breaks for the rich, and angering many democrats, but i think in the long run, it is going to be a winner for him. >> turncoat of the year. mosab yousef. the son of a founding member of hamas the notorious organization known for terrorism. despite the family ties to hamas, mosab yousef not only renounced hamas but changed his faith to christianity and then he announced he was a spy for israel. i mean clearly, the turncoat of the year. would you not say? okay. most boring person. pat? >> this is the famous greenspan lieberman trophy which is annually given to the most boring person. and i think we've got to give it this year to harry reid. he ought to get some award. he has to be one of the most boring politicians i've ever heard. >> and the winner? >> eleanor? >> and he won. >> and his opposite number, in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who when he said his number one priority was to defeat president obama, it is not inspirational to a country where we have significant unemployment and they're looking to the senate to do some
and that's why my pick is barack obama's giving up on the tax breaks for the rich, and angering many democrats, but i think in the long run, it is going to be a winner for him. >> turncoat of the year. mosab yousef. the son of a founding member of hamas the notorious organization known for terrorism. despite the family ties to hamas, mosab yousef not only renounced hamas but changed his faith to christianity and then he announced he was a spy for israel. i mean clearly, the turncoat of...
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obama is trying to do something and i suspect he would try to get -- >> he has the highest tax rate in the world, even obama says that is a liability. that is obvious, easy, and it is lying out there. he won't touch it. >> i love roosevelt, but what got us out of the depression was world war ii. what is going to get us out of this mess, i fear, is a crisis in europe that brings the entire global system crashing down and out of that rubble, finally governments will be forced to do something. > mr. coppolaapocalypse. >> after the apocalypse. >> i was clinging to hope that real reform would happen. but unless we have a crisis, i don't think it will. >> instead of playing cops, firefighters, teachers to work, what we ought to have is another series of tax cuts for those who need it least. they worked so beautifully well that, my goodness, let's have a symphony of tax cuts -- >> you pretend you are worried about the long-term unemployed. hiring a teacher in alaska is not going to help the unemployed and die in pittsburgh -- unemployed guy in pittsburgh. >> i feel like i am bill murray in "g
obama is trying to do something and i suspect he would try to get -- >> he has the highest tax rate in the world, even obama says that is a liability. that is obvious, easy, and it is lying out there. he won't touch it. >> i love roosevelt, but what got us out of the depression was world war ii. what is going to get us out of this mess, i fear, is a crisis in europe that brings the entire global system crashing down and out of that rubble, finally governments will be forced to do...
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i'm not sure what obama is willing to do and what they are willing to do. >> on extending the bush tax cuts, they probably will do something there. people earning over $250,000 -- maybe it will be over $1 million. there will get some kind of agreement. i am not sure it is a good thing. >> what are two years -- >> it is a temporary extension -- >> peter orszag recommended a two-year extension for everybody, and then you reconsider. >> the lame duck session is when you get to the real -- >> that may be difficult a lame- duck. >> i am so tired of picking on millionaires. somebody has to stick up for them prep -- stick up for them. i did this time all of us -- i think it is time all of us paid the republican party platform is a two-story economics. tax cuts as long as the i can see, and we are going to cut budget and balance the budget, but not do anything about medicare or social security. and oh, my goodness, we need more defense. >> political consultants and the rest of this panel will think i'm nuts, but the one thing obama can do is to say that the republicans are absolutely dreaming
i'm not sure what obama is willing to do and what they are willing to do. >> on extending the bush tax cuts, they probably will do something there. people earning over $250,000 -- maybe it will be over $1 million. there will get some kind of agreement. i am not sure it is a good thing. >> what are two years -- >> it is a temporary extension -- >> peter orszag recommended a two-year extension for everybody, and then you reconsider. >> the lame duck session is when...
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merit garland has taxed the f.b.i. to work wh public school districts across the country to address a spike in harassment and threats of intimidation against educators and school boards. garland said the justice department will announce new measures in coming days. a shooting on an amtrak train in tucson, arizona ended in the death of a drug enforcement agency special agent and a gunman. police were doing a routine inspection for contraband on the train and detain ago man when another paneling opened fire. a second d.e.a. agent and a tucson police officer were also wounded the gunman was found dead after the shootout. the f.b.i. is investigating the shooting and the other suspect has been arrested. two americans are the winners of this year's noble prize for medicine for work that could lead eventually to new nonopioid painkillers. david julius and ardema pataputian made breakthroughs working independently of each other. they're work shows how reseptember others in the skin respond to heat and pressure. and "star trek"
merit garland has taxed the f.b.i. to work wh public school districts across the country to address a spike in harassment and threats of intimidation against educators and school boards. garland said the justice department will announce new measures in coming days. a shooting on an amtrak train in tucson, arizona ended in the death of a drug enforcement agency special agent and a gunman. police were doing a routine inspection for contraband on the train and detain ago man when another paneling...
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the obama administration argues they argue should be able to get this. the i.r.s. as interpreted this law as written to stoned all exchanges, whether written by the states or not. the challengers say we're looking at the clear language of it and it does not allow these tax credits for exchanges setup -- set up by the federal government, which was a core part of the whole thing. in fact, if you all remember from 2012 when we had the constitutional challenge, it was a broad based challenge. it went to the heart of the individual mandate but this goes the practicalities and as one dissenting judge in one of the cases below said, it could gut everything if the supreme court ends up ruling that it would only allow tax credits for state change. >> the administration has been really touting a high percentage like 87% are getting the subsidies. are they playing to a particular member on the court? who's likely on the court to have a decisive decision-making power here? >> last time it was the chief justice to have united states, john roberts casting the deciding vote last
the obama administration argues they argue should be able to get this. the i.r.s. as interpreted this law as written to stoned all exchanges, whether written by the states or not. the challengers say we're looking at the clear language of it and it does not allow these tax credits for exchanges setup -- set up by the federal government, which was a core part of the whole thing. in fact, if you all remember from 2012 when we had the constitutional challenge, it was a broad based challenge. it...
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in 2011, president obama started off negotiating with speaker john boehner about spending cuts and tax increases and they could not agree and ultimately the people who hammered it out was vice president biden and mcconnell in the senate and ultimately they came away with very different lessons. mcconnell said then his lesson was you could use the debt limit aha hgeostad take it as something the republicans could do again. biden and obama walked away saying we can never negotiate again over a increases to the debt limit and all the allies close to the white house in and out say this has been driving the president since he took office. amna: what about the democrats on capitol hill? >> what we have seen is the acknowledgment that this is not in the senates will house. this is something we heard from mitch mcconnell today. >> it should be cleared to the administration that the senate is not a relevant player. they have got to have a measure that can pass the house. that has the support of the speaker. >> one thing happening is back plans. we will report on that in days to come. democrats
in 2011, president obama started off negotiating with speaker john boehner about spending cuts and tax increases and they could not agree and ultimately the people who hammered it out was vice president biden and mcconnell in the senate and ultimately they came away with very different lessons. mcconnell said then his lesson was you could use the debt limit aha hgeostad take it as something the republicans could do again. biden and obama walked away saying we can never negotiate again over a...
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did not tell them, there were significant tax cuts in the stimulus package. to add more now, i think it is fiscally irresponsible especially for people making more than $250,000, but that will not stop it from happening. if it is christmas time. >> wrong guy. [laughter] >> the next topic. >> temporarily extend them and then in the long term there are solutions, but congress is so dysfunctional now, it is possible that they cannot come up with a solution. i guess they will in january but i think they will kick it down the road. >> you have got to extend them temporarily because of the economy. the real debate should be about what the commission is recommending in entitlements, and that will include the tax rates. the deficit commission had recommended a whole new structure of tax rates. that is what everybody should be talking about, a real debate about cleaning up the tax code. >> the wall street journal poll shows that most people object. >> it it did show that. we know that in order to deal with the out-of-control deficit, we have to cut federal expenditure
did not tell them, there were significant tax cuts in the stimulus package. to add more now, i think it is fiscally irresponsible especially for people making more than $250,000, but that will not stop it from happening. if it is christmas time. >> wrong guy. [laughter] >> the next topic. >> temporarily extend them and then in the long term there are solutions, but congress is so dysfunctional now, it is possible that they cannot come up with a solution. i guess they will in...
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president obama won't agree to that. he also won't agree to entitlement eligibility changes without the kind of tax increases that couldn't pass a republican congress. so you get my drift, charlie. he's one unwilling to make the deal that would have tok made in dealing with a congress he does not control. so those issues. those mega issues we have not been able to solve. >> rose: and my question is how close did we come to a grand bargain. it was close? >> thot that close, yeah. >> rose: because there was a famous question about he and john boehner and whether they could have made the deal. >> there was a serious discussion about it. i was involved in those as well. >> rose: and democratic senators were involved in that. >> this was mostly the administration and the republican leadership. thed president would have had to bring the democrat as long. because they were not interested in doing these deals. it would have required the kind of thing that reagan and tip o'neill did the kind of thing that clinton and the republic
president obama won't agree to that. he also won't agree to entitlement eligibility changes without the kind of tax increases that couldn't pass a republican congress. so you get my drift, charlie. he's one unwilling to make the deal that would have tok made in dealing with a congress he does not control. so those issues. those mega issues we have not been able to solve. >> rose: and my question is how close did we come to a grand bargain. it was close? >> thot that close, yeah....
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obama-- who's the only man that can stop a massive tax increase on january 1-- wants to do that, there's nothing house republicans can do to stop it. >> warner: with but explain why they were -- i mean, was it just that any deal that raised taxes period -- no compromise was worth that. >> it's hard to compromise when there's not two sets of ideas on the table. the senate democrats have never passed a budget resolution so how do you split the difference? what we'd like the see, the only rational solution at this end of the game is do extend the current rates for another year like was done in 2010 and let's go through regular order. let's actually write a tax bill out of the ways and means committee. let's have the senate democrats debate that. let's go through the normal budget process, pass a budget resolution by april 15 because the only way you'll get to the real issues which are tax reform and real entitlement reform, that has to be done through regular order. it's not going to be done in a back room at the end of this year. >> warner: that's what was said last december when the budge
obama-- who's the only man that can stop a massive tax increase on january 1-- wants to do that, there's nothing house republicans can do to stop it. >> warner: with but explain why they were -- i mean, was it just that any deal that raised taxes period -- no compromise was worth that. >> it's hard to compromise when there's not two sets of ideas on the table. the senate democrats have never passed a budget resolution so how do you split the difference? what we'd like the see, the...
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for seven years, the problems had president obama there. they could say, we won't even pass repeal and replace, and we don't have to make it work and explained how it works, because we know it won't actually -- >> but it wasn't always a rally cry. >> my point is now it can be, without the actual practicality of having to actual vote on something. >> the fact that it's a rallying cry is an incredible thing. i was talking to a democratic hill staffer today, who was there when obamacare was being legislated. and remembering when the farthest left option was including a public option in obamacare. and single-payer was not even part of that discussion. but debate has really moved on this issue. i think bernie sanders gets credit for moving the debate on this issue. it's a sign that there's a very active democratic base that wants these kinds of bold pledges, even if it's not possible to put it into action. and that's -- you know, it's always interesting to me when you have something that both parties think is a political winner. republicans thin
for seven years, the problems had president obama there. they could say, we won't even pass repeal and replace, and we don't have to make it work and explained how it works, because we know it won't actually -- >> but it wasn't always a rally cry. >> my point is now it can be, without the actual practicality of having to actual vote on something. >> the fact that it's a rallying cry is an incredible thing. i was talking to a democratic hill staffer today, who was there when...
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insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut. republicans literally laughed it off. >> they want... they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it's... it's... was not a serious proposal. and so, right now, we're almost nowhere. >> reporter: across the capitol, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell told the "wall street journal" his party would be willing to bring in more tax revenues if the president agreed to tighten up the eligibility requirements for entitlements. mcconnell said that could mean higher medicare premiums for the wealthy, an increase in the medicare eligibility age and slower cost-of-living increases for social security. but he ruled out higher tax rates. most democrats have ruled out all of those cuts, arguing they would undermine the nation's most successful programs. the president asked for, but it appears republicans would be unlikely to agree to give the president the ability to raise the debt limit unless a super- majority in congress dis
insurance benefits and the payroll tax cut. republicans literally laughed it off. >> they want... they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it's... it's... was not a serious proposal. and so, right now, we're almost nowhere. >> reporter: across the capitol, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell told the "wall street journal" his party would be willing to bring in more tax revenues if the president...
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the obama white house, things they have done in the past, the recovery act and the tax -- finalizing the tax rates in a way that they liked. but at the moment their plans for infrastructure, research and development, tax credits, and so on, is stalled in congress. and they make the argument that the sequester, which is an automatic budget cuts that have gone into effect and government shutdown are hurting job corporation. but there doesn't seem to be any movement in a forward direction right now. >> we talk a lot on this show, and in washington, about various pieces of legislation that may be moving or not moving or stalled or not stalled. and in the minds of most americans this is the only issue. in fact, it's the top three issue and a conversation that really doesn't take place here very often because as you said of the paralysis between the parties about what few dials they have on their dashboard to turn. but unless we are -- find some way to do something about tting incomes up, you see -- beginning to see things around the country about minimum wages going up. because people are
the obama white house, things they have done in the past, the recovery act and the tax -- finalizing the tax rates in a way that they liked. but at the moment their plans for infrastructure, research and development, tax credits, and so on, is stalled in congress. and they make the argument that the sequester, which is an automatic budget cuts that have gone into effect and government shutdown are hurting job corporation. but there doesn't seem to be any movement in a forward direction right...
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the republican tax cut under president trump, the affordable care act under president obama and roundabout christmas time things that seemed impossible suddenly were like oh, why did we think that wouldn't happen. >> it's a mouthful. but could it really, amy, go on that long? >> yes, and if probably will. i think the end of october is way too optimistic. so it is probably the end of the year. just to appreciate what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are dealing with here, going back to some of those votes or i about all the way back to the '90s with bill clinton. clinton lost about 40 democrats in the house on his big reconciliation bill. trump lost 13 republicans on that axe bill that tam was referring to. nancy pelosi can afford three de fekses. obama lost 40 something voteds on health care on obama care. so she has literally no room for error which is where this started in the very beginning. we've known alalong, a 50-50 senate, three seat margin in the house. thiscannot just-- you can't sort of likjust muscle this threw. this is precision legislating. >> democrats hold all the control, al
the republican tax cut under president trump, the affordable care act under president obama and roundabout christmas time things that seemed impossible suddenly were like oh, why did we think that wouldn't happen. >> it's a mouthful. but could it really, amy, go on that long? >> yes, and if probably will. i think the end of october is way too optimistic. so it is probably the end of the year. just to appreciate what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are dealing with here, going back to...
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but you know, i'm so optimistic, i think even on tax policy f you look at where obama is and you look at where the republicans are, if each one of them would make one move, they could get something -- >> you're talking about corporate taxes. >> yeah. >> tom dashem, you think things can get done? >> i do. i think it's against conventional wisdom today. people have seen the polarization, the confrontation now for so long. and i think they're absolutely convinced that as you go into a presidential cycle, with the ted cruzes of the world, and those who really feel that what they have done in the last up could elf years has worked. the stand your ground advocates have said look, look at the record. look at what we did this election. but i also think that there is a responsibility and an opportunity to prove you can manage, to prove you can govern. and i think people are looking for some indication that governance is still possible. and so you've got mitch mcconnell saying a lot of the right things. and i think, you know, i think the democrats and president need to step up to the plate and
but you know, i'm so optimistic, i think even on tax policy f you look at where obama is and you look at where the republicans are, if each one of them would make one move, they could get something -- >> you're talking about corporate taxes. >> yeah. >> tom dashem, you think things can get done? >> i do. i think it's against conventional wisdom today. people have seen the polarization, the confrontation now for so long. and i think they're absolutely convinced that as...
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it was no accident today that president obama took his campaign to get congress to extend a payroll tax cut to the must-win state of pennsylvania and to vice president biden's home town of scranton. >> we're fighting to rebuild an don't vote to raise taxes on working americans during the holidays. put money back into the pockets of working americans! do your jobs! pass this bill. >> ifill: the tax cut passed last december dropped the rate two points, to 4.2%. the white house estimates that reduction saved a typical family about $1,000. now, the president wants to slice the rate again, to just over 3%, for an average savings of $1,500. democrats would pay the $265 billion cost by imposing a permanent surtax on the wealthy- - those earning $1 million a year. republicans like senate minority leader mitch mcconnell argue that taxing the wealthy penalizes the people who create jobs. >> it's about whether we should help those who are struggling in bad economy by punishing the private sector businesses that the american people are counting on to help turn this economy around. >> ifill: but sen
it was no accident today that president obama took his campaign to get congress to extend a payroll tax cut to the must-win state of pennsylvania and to vice president biden's home town of scranton. >> we're fighting to rebuild an don't vote to raise taxes on working americans during the holidays. put money back into the pockets of working americans! do your jobs! pass this bill. >> ifill: the tax cut passed last december dropped the rate two points, to 4.2%. the white house...
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you cran get out of the shadows. >> president obama then reminded the american people about the origins of our nation. >> my fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. we were strangers once, too. ed whether our forbearers were strangers who crossed the atlantic or the pacific or the rio grand, we are here only because this country will comed -- welcomed them in and taught them to be an american is more than what we look like, what our last names are or how we worship. what makes us america is a shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will. >> the question, is the president right. is this executive action american idealism in action. pat buchanan. >> we're also a nation of laws and we have a consz stewings. barack obama has said legally he did not have the legal or constitutional authority. he is behaving as a rogue president. he's di viegd the republicans, no doubt about it. he's sticking it into their face after their victory and saying i'm going to do what i want to do. the prob
you cran get out of the shadows. >> president obama then reminded the american people about the origins of our nation. >> my fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. we were strangers once, too. ed whether our forbearers were strangers who crossed the atlantic or the pacific or the rio grand, we are here only because this country will comed -- welcomed them in and taught them to be an american is more than what we look like, what our last names are or how...
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. >> president obama goes it alone on immigration reform. how will the executive order affect california's undocumented immigrants? janet napolitano has tax hikes, amid objections from governor brown and students. >> this is the premier university in the world, and you can only cut research, factuality, et cetera and keep the reputation. >>> the first republican to win a legislative seat in three years, catharine baker lays out her priorities.
. >> president obama goes it alone on immigration reform. how will the executive order affect california's undocumented immigrants? janet napolitano has tax hikes, amid objections from governor brown and students. >> this is the premier university in the world, and you can only cut research, factuality, et cetera and keep the reputation. >>> the first republican to win a legislative seat in three years, catharine baker lays out her priorities.
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can only do cuts, without any revenue enhancement or taxes. that means one thing, mcconnell . >> mark? >> i do not disagree with charles. >> then i retract. [laughter] >> i am hoping to in paris charles by agreeing with him. at a moment of this magnitude energy, you have to get everyone a sense of ownership. right now the only ones who have a sense of ownership are john boehner and eric cantor, the republican leaders to come to their credit, have allocated the republican house to the he position of deliberations with barack obama, the president of the united states. democrats and the senate and democratic house members feel excluded it and are angry. that is a problem for any grand bargain. >> i do think the republicans is a missed opportunity. they wanted to use the debt limit to get something. if you go with mcconnell, it is essentially a punt. what they've lost in advance by not agreeing to a single plan and having the president to have to put real numbers and cuts on the table, which he has not done -- what republicans in the house could d
can only do cuts, without any revenue enhancement or taxes. that means one thing, mcconnell . >> mark? >> i do not disagree with charles. >> then i retract. [laughter] >> i am hoping to in paris charles by agreeing with him. at a moment of this magnitude energy, you have to get everyone a sense of ownership. right now the only ones who have a sense of ownership are john boehner and eric cantor, the republican leaders to come to their credit, have allocated the republican...
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stand the relatively modest heat in the kitchen right now, wait until obama's hell's kitchen shows up. >> iraq without americans. while mitt and newt feud, look who is running strong in iowa. >> get the government out of everybody's life. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as the song goes, is beginning to look a lot like christmas. not in your nation's capital. everybody seems to think the extension of the payroll tax cut was a good idea politically, anyway, what our elected representatives just were not able to make it happen until the last minute. >> i need the president to help out, all right? [applause] a two-month extension will create more uncertainty for job creators in our country when millions of americans are out of work. >> this is an issue where no bombing in number people in both parties agree -- where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. >> they did get it done for the last minute. you were on the hill this week, mark. what is the back story? >> the late morris udall, democrat from arizona, unsurpassed wit and decency
stand the relatively modest heat in the kitchen right now, wait until obama's hell's kitchen shows up. >> iraq without americans. while mitt and newt feud, look who is running strong in iowa. >> get the government out of everybody's life. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as the song goes, is beginning to look a lot like christmas. not in your nation's capital. everybody seems to think the extension of the payroll tax cut was a good idea...
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most people in the country do not realize that barack obama cut their taxes. motes people have not had their taxes raised over the lease two years. most people do not know the administration has been remarkably successful in the area of illegal immigration. i'm forcement is better now than it was under george bush for the last eight years. it's a huge scels story. no one knows that. they've done a tear been job not selling their successes generally but selling the kind of successes that moderate independent swing voters would have looked at and say that's actually a success. >> charlie: there was a consensus for the boilout. >> there was a consensus for the boilout and it wasn't his bailout. >> charlie: exactly. >> it was something he has pointed out on occasion but not at all successfully that this policy which he agreed with was one he inherited not just from george w. bush but people like john boehner. this was a bipartisan and very much the republicans are very much invested in tarp back when it happened. now it's the obama bailout. they haven't made a job
most people in the country do not realize that barack obama cut their taxes. motes people have not had their taxes raised over the lease two years. most people do not know the administration has been remarkably successful in the area of illegal immigration. i'm forcement is better now than it was under george bush for the last eight years. it's a huge scels story. no one knows that. they've done a tear been job not selling their successes generally but selling the kind of successes that...
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come up with an approach of their own to pay for president obama's jobs plan: a tax on millionaires. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the proposal and the reaction of republicans from todd zwillich of wnyc and public radio international. >> woodruff: then, paul solman reports on the anti-wall street protests, building up steam today as thousands march in new york. >> brown: we look at a supreme court case asking if religious schools have to abide by federal workplace discrimination laws with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> woodruff: from liberia, kira kay examines the struggle to provide mental health care in a country ravaged by years of civil war. >> despite the dangers a traumatized population presents in a still fragile country, liberia has only one psychiatrist and a single mental hospital with a total of 80 beds. >> brown: gwen ifill talks with google's executive chairman, eric schmidt about growing pressure on the internet giant from federal regulators and the tech marketplace. >> w
come up with an approach of their own to pay for president obama's jobs plan: a tax on millionaires. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the proposal and the reaction of republicans from todd zwillich of wnyc and public radio international. >> woodruff: then, paul solman reports on the anti-wall street protests, building up steam today as thousands march in new york. >> brown: we look at a...
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doyle: bernie sanders gets to say, look, millionaires and billionaires are engaging in tax avoidance, all of which is true. the fact it doesn't hold water. he said the panama free trade agreement which was passed under president obama and hillary clinton voted for it and he voted against it, that this made this possible. that's not even remotely true. this has been going on in panama for decades and decades. and the treasury argues that they got terms in that free trade agreement that makes it harder to do and one of the reasons fewer americans are there, if the f.b.i. and i.r.s. ask for records, the people of panama have to turn it over. gwen: they say what's legal is the crime. thank you for now. as always the conversation will continue online on the "washington week" web cast where among other things, we'll talk about the south's new fight over lgbt issues. hill.k with anita before we go, i will be off the air for a few weeks, but you will see familiar faces around the table in my absence. i'll see you when i return. in the meantime, keep up with evelopments in the "cbs news hour."
doyle: bernie sanders gets to say, look, millionaires and billionaires are engaging in tax avoidance, all of which is true. the fact it doesn't hold water. he said the panama free trade agreement which was passed under president obama and hillary clinton voted for it and he voted against it, that this made this possible. that's not even remotely true. this has been going on in panama for decades and decades. and the treasury argues that they got terms in that free trade agreement that makes it...
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on this income tax issue that we were talking about earlier. and i think to some degree the democrats were taken by surprise. for example when you had that fiscal cliff fight that was right at the owned the year, in fact, it went into january 1, president obama was in a position to take a larger revenue increase if he really wanted to. he chose not to. he dialed it down a little bit thinking there would be more down the line. i think he's taking a somewhat different approach, well, let's try to reach out more, to have more conversation with members. he has tried this before. i mean, it's not the first time. gwen: which is why people thought he wasn't going to try it again. >> it's a good thing to do. you want your leaders to be talking with each other. some people are getting a little carried away. thinking this is going to be a great breakthrough to a great bargain that's questionable. just because you have dinner with someone, you might feel a little better but you're probably not going to change your bedrock principles and they're really cla
on this income tax issue that we were talking about earlier. and i think to some degree the democrats were taken by surprise. for example when you had that fiscal cliff fight that was right at the owned the year, in fact, it went into january 1, president obama was in a position to take a larger revenue increase if he really wanted to. he chose not to. he dialed it down a little bit thinking there would be more down the line. i think he's taking a somewhat different approach, well, let's try to...